Mom's Oriental Salad

1 large head of cabbage chopped

4-6 oz slivered almonds

3 or 4 green onions chopped

2 packages Oriental Top Ramen noodles

Dressing

2/3 cup red wine vinegar

2/3 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup sugar
 2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp garlic powder

2 packages Oriental seasoning packet from Top Ramen

Put all ingredients in a mason jar and shake well. 

Dress the salad right before serving.

Chili

2 lbs Ground beef b
2 small onions diced
Lawrys
Pepper
Garlic powder
2, 15 oz cans italian tomatoes
3, 15 oz cans white beans such as cannellini or navy beans
1, 15 oz can kidney beans
2 packages generic chili mix (1 hot, 1 reg)
More chili powder to taste

Brown meat with onions. Add seasonings and cook the chili powder for a minute or so. Add the contents of all cans including all of the liquid.
Simmer for 20 minutes.

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

8 chicken breasts
1 lb bacon
2 family sized cans of cream of chicken soup
1-2 cups sour cream
3/4-1 1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2 small (lemon sized) onion grated
pepper to taste
3-4 dashes celery salt

Bake at 350 for 60 minutes with the chicken rolled up with bacon wrapped around.

Mom's Famous Baked Beans

2 32. oz cans Van Camps pork and beans
1 large onion chopped
1 bell pepper chopped
1 lb. bacon chopped
1 6 oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. ground mustard

Cook bacon and reserve. Saute onion and bell pepper in bacon grease. Stir onion mixture, tomato sauce, mustard powder, and brown sugar into beans. Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes uncovered. Serves 20

Porcupine Meatballs

Yields around 36-40 meatballs or about 12 servings.

2 lbs. 80/20 or 85/15 hamburger
3 cups rice
1 family size can plus 1 small can cream of mushroom soup
milk
pepper and Lawry's to taste
1 tsp cinnamon (to taste)


Traditional Recipe:
Cook rice according to package directions and remove and cool 1 1/2 cups. Mix the cooled rice into the hamburger. Form into meatballs using a small cookie scoop for uniformly sized meatballs. Heat some oil a large pan on medium heat. Brown meatballs on 2 sides and remove from pan.

Pour in the soup, liquid, pepper. Heat to a simmer and add additional milk or half and half to thin sauce to desired consistency. Add meatballs back to the pan and cover with sauce, simmer, covered, for 10-12 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through.

Serve over the remaining rice. This freezes really well if you want to make it in large batches.

Mom's Cole Slaw

1 medium head of green cabbage shredded (I find my food processor is the best tool)
3-4 medium carrots shredded
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons miracle whip
milk to thin the dressing out
2-4 tablespoons sugar to taste
S & plenty of fresh cracked pepper to taste
1-2 tablespoons creamed horseradish (Kristan's addition, optional)
4 scallions sliced (Kristan's addition, optional)
1/4 cup chopped parsley (Kristan's addition, optional)

Whisk mayo, miracle whip, sugar, horseradish, salt, and pepper together. Thin with milk. Pour over shredded cabbage, carrots, scallions, and parsley.

14 -Karat cake

2 c. flour,
2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. cooking oil
2 c. grated carrots
1 c. drained crushed pineapple
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Sift or mix dry ingr
2 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon

Mix dry ingredients together, mix well. Add cooking oil and stir well. Add eggs, one at a time, mix well. Add carrots mix well. Bake in 13 x 9 inch at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Insert knife if it comes out clean its done.

Frosting............
1 lb powdered sugar
1 stick butter
1 c. chopped pecans
1 8 oz. cream cheese
1t vanilla

Mulligan Stew

1 lb hamburger
1 onion diced
3 large potatoes peeled and diced
2 cups sliced carrots
4 cans Beef Broth
4 cans evaporated milk
2 bay leaves
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup flour
1 pkg frozen peas (if you want)

Brown the hamburger and onions season with lawrys, set aside
boil potatoes and carrots in beef broth until desired doneness
add bay leaves
add canned milk
make rue
add rue
bring to simmer
when simmered to thickness you desire add meat and onions stir to warm
season with salt and pepper
add frozen peas cook for 5 mins

Done!